I tell you what you guys are forgetting. Punk covers. Some are fun but there's a hell of a lot of "omg I can sing it really fast and out of tune and throw swearwords in there and play some power chords thats so cool" in there.

I heard this one punk cover of Ben E. King's incredible "Stand By Me". What a load of tripe. They even changed it to say "Just as long as you f**king stand by me".

Then there's the Cliff Richard cover of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" and "Wonderful World" mixed into one song. I think it made me lactose intolerant. Give me Israel Kamawiwawo'ole's acoustic reggae styled cover instead, please.

Sigh.......I played that thing in high school. And the even lamer contrabass too, even though it was literally as tall as I am (I'm pretty short.) And yes, those are easily the lamest instruments ever.

Can I nominate the Dixie Chicks' cover of Fleetwood Mac's Landslide? Not because of their politics, that's their business, but because it was obvious they'd never actually heard the song before someone convinced them to butcher it.

Sigh.......I played that thing in high school. And the even lamer contrabass too, even though it was literally as tall as I am (I'm pretty short.) And yes, those are easily the lamest instruments ever.

Actually some of my best friends play bass clarinet. I'm a bassoonist, so when I play with a concert band or a wind ensemble I'm almost always sitting next to the bass clarinets.

Bassoon: now THAT'S a mega-cool instrument!

I've also played contrabass clarinet before. Very cool ~ 'cause when you play the lowest notes you can feel the bones in your head vibrate!